So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my fans in Japan. They'll be nice and get into it and have fun.' And it was… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
Back then, we could drive a mile from home and there was nothing. Now it's grown in every direction and is populated and modernized. I guess I have mixed feelings about it, but I'm not someone that thinks everything should… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
You know that they're not just into it for the moment, they really care about it and value it over time. — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
